Report on Latvia

Introduction

This report explores attitudes towards gender roles and immigration in Latvia using data from 2017 European Value Study (EVS). Key variables analyzed include v72 and v80, which respectively measure perceptions on maternal employment effects and job priority during scarcity. We will incorporates demographic information such as age, sex, and education level for a comprehensive analyses.

  • v72 - Child suffers with working mother
    • Question: When a mother works for pay, the children suffer
    • Scale: 1 (Strongly agree) to 4 (Strongly disagree)
  • v80 - Jobs are scarce:giving…(nation)priority
    • Question: When jobs are scarce, employers should give priority to [Nationality] people over immigrants”
    • Scale: 1 (Strongly agree) to 4 (Strongly disagree)

Descriptive Analysis

Below tables are descriptive statistics for both continuous (v72, v80, age) and categorical variables (sex, education) in Latvia.

Summary Statistics for v72 and v80
Variables Mininum 1st Qu. Median Mean 3rd Qu. Maximum
v72 1 2 3 2.50000 3 4
v80 1 1 2 1.91200 3 5
age 18 37 52 51.11461 65 82
Summary Statistics for sex and education
variable value frequency proportion
sex Male 466 0.0078
sex Female 869 0.0146
education lower 185 0.1386
education medium 654 0.4899
education higher 486 0.3640
education NA 10 0.0075

Change in Attitudes by Age

The two graphs presented below illustrates how the two variables of interest change with age in Latvia. The X-axis denotes age, while the Y-axis represents the average level of disagreement for v72 and v80.

Regression models

The table below shows regression models for both attitudes towards Child suffers (v72) and Job to national (v80) in Latvia. The models include respondents’ age, age squared, sex and education.

Outputs from Regression Models
  Child suffers(v72) Job to national(v80)
(Intercept) 3.13*** 2.47***
  (0.18) (0.24)
age -0.02** -0.02
  (0.01) (0.01)
age^2 0.00* 0.00
  (0.00) (0.00)
sexFemale -0.12** 0.03
  (0.05) (0.06)
edumedium 0.11 -0.09
  (0.06) (0.09)
eduhigher 0.29*** -0.08
  (0.07) (0.09)
R2 0.05 0.01
Adj. R2 0.05 0.00
Num. obs. 1272 1301
***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05

Based on the model above, it appears that the sex variable has a significant impact on v72. It shows that females are less likely to disagree that the child suffers if the mother works by -0.12 compared to males, showing a negative relationship (p<0.05). In the Job to national(v80) model, it appears that the sex variable is not statistically significant on attitudes national (p>0.05).